The Paid Pundits Defending Clarence Thomas And His Billionaire Benefactor
Right-wing pundits rushed to defend Harlan Crow’s gifts to Clarence Thomas and his Nazi memorabilia collection — without disclosing their ties to the mega-donor.
National Politics
America’s First Dark Money Ballot Line
The latest scheme to launch a centrist, third-party “unity” ticket comes from a dark money front for corporate interests.
In Chicago Mayoral Race, Plutocrats Spend Big Against New Taxes
Paul Vallas has raked in $1.6 million from executives at financial firms that could be hit by his progressive opponent’s proposed tax on speculative trades.
Republican Tells Lobbyists It’s “Hackish” To Blame Bank Failures On Deregulation
Patrick McHenry defends Trump’s bank deregulation law days before leading an inquiry into the collapse of Signature Bank — his top donor.
LEVER TIME: Who Created America’s Free Market Mythology?
On this week’s Lever Time: How General Electric manufactured an ideology
To Crush Unions, Starbucks Targets Employee Communications
Labor experts say Starbucks is hijacking a federal court process to dig up information to further chill union drives.
Facing Collapse, Trump-Linked Bank Fought Regulators
Only months before its troubles, First Republic pressured bank overseers to preserve the status quo
Biden And Becerra Let Big Pharma Profiteer Off Cancer Drug
Rejecting cancer patients’ petition, the Biden administration refuses to use the power its HHS Secretary demanded Trump use.
LEVER TIME: She Was Blocked for Being Right on Banks
On this week’s Lever Time: Saule Omarova’s warnings about deregulation were rejected
Verizon Organizer Gets His Job Back
Verizon reinstates a retail worker it fired for union activities under a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board.